I am looking for a way to control the worms in my fruit. I ahve tried the milk jugs with a banana skin, vinegar, sugar and water for the past three years. Is seems like all this has done is increased the worm damage. I have honey bees so I have to be careful on what I use. Does anyone have any help in this problem?

Other than the traps you've tried and failed with, I've read planting white clover will attract beetles that eat codling moths and the fly that lays eggs of the apple maggot. I'm not sure of its effectiveness, but if traps haven't worked then trying to attract the worm's enemy might be worth a shot. In any case, with either pest its important to remove any fallen apples or they could become worm resevoirs.

The best way to keep the bugs off the apples is to place a clear plastic bag over the freshly set fruit and tie a twisty around the end of the bag, around the stem. The problem is that it will be hard to grow enough apples for a 5 gallon batch of wine!

This year I'm trying the Bonide fruit tree concentrate spray. It's not harmful to bees as long as you don't spray when they are around. I sprayed every tree in the orchard with it before they bloomed. Hopefully it works as we've got a serious infestation of coddling moths.

I also ordered some traps but we got six inches of snow after I put them up so I'm not counting on them to work well. have you tried a dormant oil?